Prospective founders and existing startups also have the opportunity to present themselves in 10 minute pitches (7 minutes pitch + Q&A) and to win business angels, venture capital, other partners and of course customers.

Investors, corporates and buying centers of selected industries will share market demands and business directions of the coming years with potential future suppliers and partners.

Our Venue

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Doing good together. . .

We not only support startups, but also engage in social projects – and every participant in TOUCHING INNOVATIONS 2019 automatically helps, because we donate at least 17% of the profit to:

The future at your fingertips

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The Internet of Things and the Industry 4.0 are entering our living rooms, our lifestyle and of course our working world.

TOUCHING INNOVATIONS offers the most innovative founders, the pioneers of today’s industrial revolution. Get inspired by the latest products, trends, and developments, and join us live in Berlin. Learn how sensors and actuators work and how a “smart” solution can be created, e.g. a smart shirt, how to build a smart factory, how AI comes to life…

In addition to exponential networking during the entire event and targeted handshake sessions to meet prospective and already successful founders or potential co-founders, investors, venture builders, accelerators, or corporates for co-innovations, crisp 10-minute pitches across all IoT/IIoT segments and lectures will be the focus of the 2-day event.

During the pitches, prospective founders and existing startups (pre-seed to seed) have the opportunity to present themselves for 10 minutes (7 minutes pitch + 3 minutes Q&A) to win business angels, venture capital, partners and customers.

Besides the prize money for the first place (the amount will be announced in November 2018), our 3 winners will get active support from a team of venture capitalists, business angels and other professionals, incl. innogy Innovation Hub, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Black Lychee Ventures and others. In addition, the pitches will be selected in a distinct manner so that our spectrum of investors of all kinds can get to know an equally broad spectrum of visions and solutions across 15 different IoT/IIoT segments. The result is a natural matchmaking of all 15 pitchers with our VCs and Angels.

For targeted 1:1 discussions in a relaxed atmosphere, our lounge also offers the right ambience. Retreat after a lecture or pitch and have your first in-depth conversations directly on site.

Make an appointment with well-known business partners or meet new interesting people. Use TOUCHING INNOVATIONS 2019 for a new way of networking, with intimate shakehands and our Matchmaking 2.0 Area.

Exciting Enablement Sessions and Onsite Acceleration

Our speakers will take you on an exciting knowledge journey. From startup mistakes and public funding programmes, over the latest in markets and technology across wearable tech, smart home, smart workplace, smart mobility and other IoT/IIoT solutions, to lectures on artificial intelligence (AI) in practice, robotics and chatbots, ICOs and crypto payment models, personnel, marketing, law, to topics such as the exit and M&As.

Whether (prospective) startup, investor or corporate – our participants get the opportunity to massively expand their knowledge and make important, growth-generating contacts. Investors, venture builders and corporates have the opportunity to get to know undreamt-of tech startups intensively and to jointly generate innovations for future success.

Get ready! Besides 200+ prospective and experienced IoT / IIoT founders and numerous market experts, we are expecting 100+ investors of all kinds on site, such as VCs and business angels, plus leading corporates, accelerators, venture builders and media representatives – in addition to other exciting participants from industry and research.

The Exhibition

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Our EXPO – the platform for innovations!

Selected startups with at least a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) will prominently show during 2 days what benefits they and their solutions can provide.

For you as a startup, this means access to a broad specialist audience that is specifically looking for IoT solutions like yours.

For the participants, this means they get to know the solutions first hand and the founders themselves too.

VCs, business angels, venture builders, corporates and other interested parties come into close contact with various segments of the Internet of Things.

And there is even more! For example, together with the Freie Universität Berlin we will show how the functions of IoT devices can be changed by easily supplying them with new applications (IoT App Store) and adapting their functions e.g. by scripting (JavaScript, Lua).

Participants can “play” with IoT apps as well as with the IoT devices themselves and find out how touchable and touching the Internet of Things can be.

The Pitchdrive

Pitchdrive Award Partners

Our Pitchdrive offers prospective founders and existing startups (pre-seed to seed) from the following segments the platform not only for fundraising but for active support by our award partners, which are composed of venture capital companies, business angels and other professionals (referenced above):

Smart Home

Smart Living

Smart Health

Smart Fashion

Smart Factory / Manufacturing

Smart Mobility

Smart City

Smart Buildings

Smart Grids

Smart Agriculture

Smart Retail

Smart Logistics

IoT Middleware / Platforms

Robotics

Wearable Tech

Besides the prize money for the first place, our 3 winners will get active support from an experienced team of various venture capitalists, business angels and other experts with a total value of more than 25.000 Euro – awarded services depending on final rank include:

Strategy workshop with topics at the startup’s choice (High-Tech Gründerfonds)

Overview of the process to go from building a prototype to getting IoT mass produced (Black Lychee Ventures)

Compilation of an RFQ package; the documentation that all manufacturing partners require to build a quote for the work to be completed (Black Lychee Ventures)

Introductions to the top production partners in Shenzhen’s electronics manufacturing hub (Black Lychee Ventures)

Connections and introductions to potential B2B-customers to explore opportunities of the product pipeline and co-innovations (innogy Innovation Hub)

Co-working spaces to extend your office or kick-off with your idea and connect with other innovators (Desk.Works)

etc.

In addition, the pitches will be selected in a distinct manner so that our spectrum of investors of all kinds can get to know an equally broad spectrum of visions and solutions across 15 different IoT/IIoT segments. The result is a natural matchmaking of all 15 pitchers with our VCs and Angels.

Register your startup for participation at the exhibition no later than 13th January 2019 and be one of 20 exclusive exhibitors. The registration for our pitchdrive (pre-seed to seed), where 15 (prospective) founders pitch for investments, active support and strong partners, as well as for our speaker slots (lectures and impulse statements), ends on 17th January.

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